đua đòi

Vietnamese

Etymology

đua +‎ đòi.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuə˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuə˧˧ ʔɗɔj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuə˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩]

Verb

đua đòi

1. to imitate (to show that one is not inferior); to copy; to take a leaf out of someone's book